Christopher J. Colles

Full Name: Christopher John Colles

Physician

Centurion, 1907–1936

Proposed by
George T. Elliot and Arthur H. Masten

born July 28, 1858
New York (Staten Island), New York

died July 9, 1936
New York (Manhattan), New York

elected June 1, 1907
Age forty-eight

buried Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York

seconder of

Harlow Brooks

Member portrait of Christopher J. Colles — Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 10, Leaf 30

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Archivist’s Notes

Son of James Colles

Century Memorial

During many years, even when incapacitated by illness for professional work, Christopher J. Colles regularly visited the Century at noonday, and occupied the same seat on the east side of the long lunch-table. Every one liked him. In his own quaint way, he would punctuate the conversation with quizzical remarks, always brief and to the point. Colles had behind him a long and varied medical career. His hospital and clinical work was interspersed with service, during twenty-five years, in the National Guard; he was for sixteen years regimental surgeon of the Seventh, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. The Century perhaps knew less of his proficiency at the violin and his assiduous collection of rare prints and old furniture.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1937 Century Association Yearbook

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